Re: [Texascavers] West Virginia related

2016-06-24 Thread Gary Moss via Texascavers
David see Bill Balfour's FB Page. Culverson Creek lake waiting to drain through the cave. Lake is probably 50 feet deep and maybe more. It is backed up 2 miles and is 10 feet over the Ft Donally bridge. Gary Moss At 07:13 PM 6/24/2016, you wrote: I know many of the caves in West Vir

Re: [Texascavers] Cave Entrance Photography with a Drone

2014-03-31 Thread Gary Moss
hobbyists to Commercial and the FAA is now filling legal action against him. My guess is that you will be hobby use.  Can not help you much with what to get, but good luck with your research. Gary Moss At 11:33 AM 3/31/2014, Preston Forsythe wrote:  Has anyone out there used radio controlled

Re: [SWR] A New Thread: Crawlways

2014-03-11 Thread Gary Moss
wake up after I passed him :) Gary Moss At 11:03 PM 3/10/2014, Mark Minton wrote: I was At 09:00 PM 3/10/2014, Michael Lorimer wrote: I would like open up a new discussion thread. We have all had many wonderful caving experiences, some of them bordering on the fantastic. I would

Re: [SWR] [Texascavers] Re: Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Mark: I think Carbide is still used in the production of steel.  Some friends of mine once to a steel plant thinking they could get the empty 100 lb cans.  They just through the carbide in the mix can and all.  It appears the steel can did not hurt the steel  :) Gary Moss At 10:47 PM 8/23

Re: [SWR] [Texascavers] Re: Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Mark: I think Carbide is still used in the production of steel.  Some friends of mine once to a steel plant thinking they could get the empty 100 lb cans.  They just through the carbide in the mix can and all.  It appears the steel can did not hurt the steel  :) Gary Moss At 10:47 PM 8/23

Re: [SWR] [Texascavers] Re: Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Mark: I think Carbide is still used in the production of steel.  Some friends of mine once to a steel plant thinking they could get the empty 100 lb cans.  They just through the carbide in the mix can and all.  It appears the steel can did not hurt the steel  :) Gary Moss At 10:47 PM 8/23

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Mark: I think Carbide is still used in the production of steel.  Some friends of mine once to a steel plant thinking they could get the empty 100 lb cans.  They just through the carbide in the mix can and all.  It appears the steel can did not hurt the steel  :) Gary Moss At 10:47 PM 8/23

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Mark: I think Carbide is still used in the production of steel.  Some friends of mine once to a steel plant thinking they could get the empty 100 lb cans.  They just through the carbide in the mix can and all.  It appears the steel can did not hurt the steel  :) Gary Moss At 10:47 PM 8/23

Re: [Texascavers] Re: Cave articles in Spiegel (German weekly)

2012-08-24 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Mark: I think Carbide is still used in the production of steel.  Some friends of mine once to a steel plant thinking they could get the empty 100 lb cans.  They just through the carbide in the mix can and all.  It appears the steel can did not hurt the steel  :) Gary Moss At 10:47 PM 8/23

Re: [Texascavers] NSS election

2012-02-04 Thread Gary Moss
address. Make sure the spam filter on your e-mail client doesn't block e-mail coming from electi...@vote-now.com by adding this address or the Vote-Now.com domain to your e-mail client whitelist. Gary Moss === = At 05:11 PM 2/4/2012, Mixon Bill wrote: Accordi

Re: [Texascavers] NSS election

2012-02-04 Thread Gary Moss
address. Make sure the spam filter on your e-mail client doesn't block e-mail coming from electi...@vote-now.com by adding this address or the Vote-Now.com domain to your e-mail client whitelist. Gary Moss === = At 05:11 PM 2/4/2012, Mixon Bill wrote: Accordi

Re: [Texascavers] NSS election

2012-02-04 Thread Gary Moss
address. Make sure the spam filter on your e-mail client doesn't block e-mail coming from electi...@vote-now.com by adding this address or the Vote-Now.com domain to your e-mail client whitelist. Gary Moss === = At 05:11 PM 2/4/2012, Mixon Bill wrote: Accordi

Re: [Texascavers] Study "confirms" Geomyces destructans responsible for WNS

2011-10-27 Thread Gary Moss
Hi all One of our grotto members got invited to the press conference when this was announced. Below is his E-Mail and a site where he reported his comments on the press conference. I really like the "magic bat" affect for warmer areas. Gary Moss === Yo, The press conferen

Re: [Texascavers] Study "confirms" Geomyces destructans responsible for WNS

2011-10-27 Thread Gary Moss
Hi all One of our grotto members got invited to the press conference when this was announced. Below is his E-Mail and a site where he reported his comments on the press conference. I really like the "magic bat" affect for warmer areas. Gary Moss === Yo, The press conferen

Re: [Texascavers] Study "confirms" Geomyces destructans responsible for WNS

2011-10-27 Thread Gary Moss
Hi all One of our grotto members got invited to the press conference when this was announced. Below is his E-Mail and a site where he reported his comments on the press conference. I really like the "magic bat" affect for warmer areas. Gary Moss === Yo, The press conferen

RE: [Texascavers] RE: NSS caving related

2011-06-20 Thread Gary Moss
Looking at the on-line NSS Board manual at past Board meetings looks like somewhere in October or November works. Gary Moss At 03:54 PM 6/20/2011, Fritz Holt wrote: That is a good question for someone other than me as I know nothing about it and was only responding to David's post.

RE: [Texascavers] RE: NSS caving related

2011-06-20 Thread Gary Moss
Looking at the on-line NSS Board manual at past Board meetings looks like somewhere in October or November works. Gary Moss At 03:54 PM 6/20/2011, Fritz Holt wrote: That is a good question for someone other than me as I know nothing about it and was only responding to David's post.

RE: [Texascavers] RE: NSS caving related

2011-06-20 Thread Gary Moss
Looking at the on-line NSS Board manual at past Board meetings looks like somewhere in October or November works. Gary Moss At 03:54 PM 6/20/2011, Fritz Holt wrote: That is a good question for someone other than me as I know nothing about it and was only responding to David's post.

[Texascavers] CFC Annoucment - Round 2

2010-12-16 Thread Gary Moss
Requested re-post from Scott Fee Gary Moss As you may recall, It is time for the NSS to apply to the 2011 Combined Federal Campaign. If approved, this means that all federal & military employees around the world can select the NSS to receive donations when

Re: [Texascavers] Majlis Al Jinn

2010-11-16 Thread Gary Moss
If I remember correctly this cave was discovered and first explored by Don Davison and Cheryl Jones when they lived there. Gary Moss At 09:03 PM 11/16/2010, Mixon Bill wrote: Huge pit in Oman: http://www.saudicaves.com/majoman/index.html --Mixon All the

[Texascavers] NSS Officer elections

2010-06-20 Thread Gary Moss
e reached at 703-573-1068, e-mail , or through the NSS Executive Search web page. The latest Officer updates are available on the NSS Executive Search web page: see the "Current Event" tab. http://www.caves.org/info/execsearch/ Gary Moss Chairman, Execut

Re: [Texascavers] Ibberson has died

2009-03-25 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Gill and all: Below is a link to Dale's Obit and a log book http://obits.pennlive.com/PennLive/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=124960357 Gary Moss At 09:01 AM 3/25/2009, Gill Ediger wrote: For those few Texas cavers who may have known Dale Ibberso

Re: [Texascavers] Cave picture

2008-10-06 Thread Gary Moss
September 29 Gary Moss At 02:35 PM 10/6/2008, Louise Power wrote: Can somebody please tell me what date the cave picture appeared on the Astronomy Picture of the Day site? It's one of my favorite sites, but I've been on almost a month's bedrest due to chest pains and acute re

Re: [Texascavers] RE: NSS Convention Report - part 4

2008-08-18 Thread Gary Moss
from general funds if they take a loss.  Gary Moss   At 12:55 PM 8/18/2008, Minton, Mark wrote:   David Locklear said:   >I don't know if anybody took showers on campus, but I did. There was no hot water.     I used the showers a couple of times, as did many other people, and t

Re: [Texascavers] NSS Convention

2008-07-29 Thread Gary Moss
Nice summary David You did miss one area. Most conventions have Pre and Post Convention caving camps that can be up to a week long. Provides a great chance to see caves in that part of the country. Gary Moss At 04:19 PM 7/29/2008, David wrote: This post is intended for cavers who don&#

Re: [Texascavers] http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/07/interview-jerry-patterson.h tml?page=0%2C0

2008-07-15 Thread Gary Moss
An interesting line from the article "The early technology turbine blades that turned faster, at Altamont Pass, killed a lot of birds." At the last VA Cave Board meeting it was commented that bats had more problems with slow blades than the fast ones. Gary Moss At 10:21 AM

[Texascavers] Candidates for NSS Vice Presidents

2008-06-08 Thread Gary Moss
would love to hear from you.  Please feel free to contact me if you just want to ask some questions about being an officer.  I can be reached by E-Mail at kd4...@amsat.org, or through the NSS Executive Search web page.   Gary Moss Chairman, Executive Search Committee Feel free to repost

[Texascavers] Jim Beck funeral logbook link

2008-01-16 Thread Gary Moss
and 70's. Gary Moss Jim Beck link This the link to the funeral home. http://obit.moneyandking.com/obitdisplay.html?id=494540&clientid=moneyandking&listing=Found James M. Beck Born in Georgia on Mar. 13, 1945 Departed on Jan. 12, 2008 and resided in Fairfax, VA. Visit

Re: [Texascavers] finite resources

2007-11-16 Thread Gary Moss
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#Number_of_humans_that_have_ever_lived you can get an est of about 100,000,000,000 (100 Billion) for the number people who have ever lived. So if 0.000,000,01 % or .000,000,000,1 of them ever had central air or electricity that would be only b

Re: [Texascavers] Fellows of the NSS

2007-11-13 Thread Gary Moss
"It's not too soon to begin thinking about nominees for 2008." Generally Nominations for 2008 awards close Nov 15, 2007.  So it may be a bit late.  If you have a nomination now, let the sub chair on the awards committee know there is one coming soon. Gary Moss At 11:00 PM 1

[Texascavers] Jim Hixson

2007-07-30 Thread Gary Moss
Hi All: This just came from Bill Stringfellow.  I thought a number of you may have known Jim. Gary Moss == Friends: With great sadness I need to inform you Mr. George Hixson has passed away in our facility July 28, 2007.  The arrangements have not been made as of

[Texascavers] Seeking Candidates for NSS Vice Presidents

2007-06-04 Thread Gary Moss
feel you have the experience and time to be an officer then I�d love to hear from you.  Also, please feel free to contact me if you just want to ask some questions about being an officer.  I can be reached at 703-573-1068, e-mail kd4...@amsat.org, or through the NSS Executive Search web page   Gary

[Texascavers] Seeking NSS Secretary-Treasurer Candidates

2007-03-26 Thread Gary Moss
find more information about the position at: http://www.caves.org/info/execsearch/exec_current.htm Gary Moss Chairman, Executive Search Committee Permission to reprint is granted. ___ Texascavers mailing list Texascavers@texascavers.com http

[Texascavers] Certificate of Merit Award

2007-03-26 Thread Gary Moss
accomplishments in cave exploration, study, or conservation which further the goals of the NSS. If you know a deserving person or organization, don't delay nominating them; emphasis is placed on more recent accomplishment. Document their work in a short letter and submit the nomination to Gary Mo

Re: CaveTex: NSS Convention - Trip Report

2007-03-26 Thread Gary Moss
Hi Dave: If your guests had been interesting in caving, joining the NSS might have helped.  You would have gotten the discounted member price for the Convention plus there is a $50 NSS member discount for attending their first convention. Gary Moss At 05:37 PM 7/11/2005, David Locklear wrote

Re: CaveTex: deep cave question

2007-03-26 Thread Gary Moss
As I remember there is about a 25 mile bulge in the earth near the equator due to rotation.  If true then maybe the ice caves near the south pole would be closer to the center earth. Gary Moss At 05:07 AM 7/22/2005, txcavecraw...@aol.com wrote: the deepest cave would likely be deep in the ocean